One of the first exercises was to make a list of 100 words that can be used to define us. Some people really struggled, some didn’t. Eventually, I think we all got the hang of it.

The exercise fascinated me. As I read through my classmates’ lists I saw so many similar words and I saw words I wished I’d thought of (and I did add them to my master list — I’m not above sharing notes!) What was so great is that you can really get an overall feel for a person in the mass of words they used to describe themselves. I even thought it would work fabulously as a dating service technique, but I digress and I’d like to assure my darling husband that I won’t ever be needing a dating service … he’s totally stuck with me!

I’ve already connected with a lot of my classmates. I have great new friends. When I read their 100-list I thought, ‘well, no wonder we get along’!

I thought it would be fun to really narrow the scope and give myself 10 words, only 10 to define me. Oh, and let’s leave off the obvious ones (mother, wife, friend, sister, etc.) I’ll give you my 10 if you give you yours. It’s fun, I promise.